Frequently asked questions
Most challenges can be set up and ready to launch within 1–2 business days. Once details are submitted, the IncentFit team handles configuration and ensures everything is ready for employees to join.
The Walk the Mississippi River can be configured as either a team-based or individual experience, depending on your goals and the type of competition you want to create.
Employees can track steps through connected devices or manually log activity through the IncentFit app or web platform.
Steps can be earned through walking, running, hiking, or elliptical workouts, making it easy for employees to participate in ways that fit their routine.
Yes. Offering prizes is optional but highly recommended to increase participation. Common options include gift cards, extra PTO, company swag, or recognition for top performers.
For team challenges, performance is based on the average number of steps per participant to create a level playing field. For individual challenges, participants are ranked by total or average daily steps.
Employees can typically join within a short grace period after the challenge begins. After that, admins can work with the IncentFit team to add participants if needed.
Administrative work is minimal. Once the challenge is set up, IncentFit handles tracking, scoring, and reporting. Most admins spend very little time managing the challenge after launch.
Admins have access to real-time reporting, including participation rates, step totals, leaderboard standings, and overall engagement throughout the challenge.
The Walk the Mississippi River is ideal for organizations looking for an easy, inclusive way to increase movement, encourage participation, and create friendly competition across employees.
Walk the Mississippi River is a 4-week individual activity challenge that encourages participants to log miles through different aerobic activities while working toward a long-distance virtual goal inspired by the Mississippi River.
This challenge gives participants more flexibility than a walking-only format. Miles can be earned through walking, running, hiking, elliptical workouts, indoor rowing, and bicycling, helping participants choose the activities that fit their routine.
Eligible activities include walking, running, hiking, elliptical workouts, indoor rowing, and bicycling. Each activity contributes to the participant’s total point count during the 4-week challenge.
The Mississippi River theme gives the challenge a virtual journey feel. Participants log eligible miles throughout the challenge, turning everyday aerobic activity into progress toward a long-distance river-inspired milestone.
Participants earn points by tracking eligible distance-based activities. Walking, running, hiking, elliptical, and indoor rowing miles earn 1 point per mile, while bicycling earns 0.5 points per mile.
Bicycling often covers distance more quickly than walking or running, so it may be weighted differently to keep scoring more balanced across activity types. In this challenge, bicycling earns 0.5 points per mile.
Participants can track eligible activity through synced fitness devices or manual entry in the IncentFit app or web platform. This allows miles from walking, running, hiking, elliptical workouts, bicycling, and indoor rowing to count toward progress.
Yes. Participants can mix and match eligible activities throughout the challenge. Someone might walk one day, row another day, and bike later in the week while still contributing to their overall progress.
Most Walk the Mississippi River Challenges can be configured and ready to launch within 1–2 business days after challenge details are submitted. IncentFit handles setup, scoring, leaderboard configuration, and reporting.
This challenge is a strong fit for organizations that want to encourage consistent aerobic movement while giving participants multiple ways to stay active. It works especially well for groups interested in walking, running, hiking, rowing, bicycling, virtual distance goals, and individual progress.
